Organic Strawberry Fruit Spreads

Find organic strawberry fruit spreads in supermarkets, health food stores and specialty markets everywhere. You can also make your own from scratch with a few simple ingredients. If you love the benefits of organic foods, organic fruit spreads add delicious taste to meals.

Fruit spreads, like jams and jellies, are thick, fruity and sweet. They taste delicious spread on toast, muffins, or rice cakes. You can even bake with them and use them for fillings in thumbprint cookies. Most organic fruit spreads, such as strawberry spreads, contain approximately 30-40 calories per serving.

There are dozens of manufacturers of organic fruit spreads. The products available in your local market will vary according to where you live, as not all companies distribute nationally. Many of the following fruit spreads, however, are available nationwide or are easily found through online health food stores.

• Cascadia Farms Organic Strawberry Fruit Spread: Cascadia Farms is a well-known company selling all types of organic and natural foods. Their strawberry fruit spread contains organic strawberries, sugar, pectin and lemon juice, the same ingredients you’d use if you made it at home. There are no artificial flavors, preservatives, or colors, and their fruit spread is completely vegan. The taste received only moderate praise from online reviewers, however, who claimed the spread, although healthy, tastes more like apricot than strawberries. You be the judge.
• Trader Joe’s Organic Strawberry Spread: It’s well worth just one Weight Watcher’s point for a serving of this tasty, 30-calorie fruit spread.
• Danny’s Organic fruit spreads are rich and flavorful, as well as fully organic.

If you are skeptical of products that claim to be organic, making your own organic strawberry fruit spreads is the sure way to control the quality of ingredients. Here’s a simple recipe to make your own at home.

Ingredients:

• Two cups of organic strawberries, washed and with stems and leaves removed
• Four tablespoons of organic orange juice
• One tablespoon lemon juice
• Two teaspoons of unflavored gelatin
• Half cup of organic sugar

How to make strawberry fruit spread:

• Using a potato masher, mash the strawberries in a bowl after the stems and leaves are removed.
• Place the orange and lemon juice in a small pot and sprinkle the gelatin on top of it. Let stand for a few minutes.
• Gently heat the orange juice and gelatin mixture on low until all the gelatin is dissolved into the liquid. Turn off the heat.
• Stir in the mashed strawberries and sugar until the mixture has the desired consistency. If the strawberries are too lumpy for your taste, mash them again.
• Transfer the mixture in a pretty bowl or a jar, cover, and place in the refrigerator. The mixture takes about six hours to jell.

Keep the unused portion refrigerated and covered. You can substitute other sweeteners for sugar, but you may need to experiment with the amount to get the sweetness just right. If the mixture tastes too tart, omit the lemon juice and instead increase the orange juice to about a quarter of a cup. You’ll need to judge how much liquid to use, since very juicy strawberries need less liquid, while drier berries may need a touch more.

Can’t find organic strawberries at the market? Commercial berries are often sprayed with pesticides. Growing strawberries is easy and doesn’t require a lot of space. Even if you live in an apartment, you can grow your own organic strawberries. Pots and so-called ‘strawberry jars’ placed on patios or decks provides ample space for the plants. There's nothing quite like picking your own fresh, organic berries.

For gardening tips, please see:

• Organic Garden Tips
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• Growing an Organic Garden
• Strawberry article.
• Growing Strawberries
• Wild Strawberries.

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